Welcome to AP Literature and Composition!


"Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."

-- Francis Bacon



http://quizlet.com/657644/ap-literature-vocab-flash-cards/

AP Vocab. Flashcards


http://www.scribd.com/doc/18171536/AP-Lit-Terms-very-comprehensive-list-with-definitions

Comprehensive list of AP vocab.


TPCASTT


London by WB


A Bird Came... by ED


http://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/bios.html
Biography F. Scott Fitzgerald


The Great Gatsby


Character List Great Gatsby

Please listen to audio guide for "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

It is about 28 minutes

http://www.neabigread.org/books/theireyes/radioshow.php

Listen to the words of Zora Neal Hurston tracks 1,2,3

http://www.zoranealehurston.com/

Study/Discussion Questions for Thurs. Nov. 17, 2011.



Stem questions for MC/Please complete your stem questions and give them to another student to answer and we will review them next Wed. Nov. 23.



Study/Discussion Questions for Mon. Nov. 21, 2011.



Study/Discussion Questions for Wed. Nov. 23, 2011



Study/Discussion Questions for Thurs.Dec. 1, 2011



Essay Topics for TEWWG


Link for OWL at Purdue

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Due for Mon., Dec.5, 2011, Choose or create an extended essay topic for TEWWG. Complete a thesis statement for the prompt.

Please bring in your book so that I know that you have it an can issue a new text.

Checklist for Internet Research


Useful Links for Internet Research

http://www.widener.edu/libraries/wolfgram/evaluate/informational.asp

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Welcome back! Happy 2012!

Today, I would like you to finish reading MacBeth.

Start with Act III, Scene I.

Please read aloud. Each of you can choose characters for each scene. When you have finished watch the bbc animation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZQOyiHDptU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8riYRDFp7A

Please do not spend too much time on the youtube animation. If you can't get them to download in a timely manner, save it for later and go on to the quesitons.

Work in the following groups to answer the questions.


Group 1
Lydia
Imran
Yashna
Nas


Group 2
Oni
Xander
Jong


Group 3
Stanya
Rouksar
Yanish

Group questions are due at the beginning of class on Wed. Jan.11.

McHomer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqejedMLkk0&feature=related

The Gothic


Homework for Thurs. Feb. 2, 2012. Read chapters 11-15 of Jane Eyre. For each chapter, state a theme (the same theme should not be repeated more than twice within the five chapters) and point out three to four rhetorical elements and three to four literary elements.

Homework for Thurs. Mar. 15, 2012. Finish reading As I Lay Dying and complete the questions. Due at the beginning of class on Mon. Mar.19, 2012. If you need some help with characters click on the link to the Faulkner site at Ole' Miss.


Link to Faulkner website
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/%7Eegjbp/faulkner/glossaryb.html#Bundren_Anse


Directions and Due Dates for Compare and Contrast Essay

Timelines for World, Brit. and Am. Lit.

World Lit.
http://sybilisticism.tripod.com/worldliteraturetimeline.htm

Brit. Lit.


Am. Lit.
http://www.westga.edu/~rmcrae/ENGL2130/AmLitTimeline.htm

AP Titles since 1970
http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APtitles.html

Assignment for Mon. April 23. Scan the list of AP Titles since 1970. Check everything that you have read. Go through the timelines and place each item appropriately on the literary timeline that applies. We will look at these on Wed., if there is time, if not, on Thurs. April 26.